Sunday’s Sloatsburg Plein Air show encouraged foot traffic around the village, with artists stationed at different spots sketching and painting familiar places. The hazy dog day turned torpid under a late August sun but the village center had some pep in its step with the Plein Air show giving masked visitors something extra to do.
Which was precisely the idea for the show – hold an event that shows off Sloatsburg’s strengths: history present in many structures and features, such as the Sloatsburg Cemetery, and the village’s place in the Ramapo Mountains with the Ramapo River running through.
The Friend’s of Harmony Hall collaborated with Rockland County Tourism and pulled off a an engaging event, where participants were safely tucked away behind branded white tourism tape to work at such diverse locations as Stony Brook along Seven Lakes Drive, the Sloats Dam off Ballard Avenue, the Village Clock at Route 17, Seven Lakes Station and the Sloatsburg Library, Harmony Hall, and the Sloatsburg Cemetery.
The Friends of Harmony Hall and Rockland County Tourism teamed up to produce a village wide Plein Air art show that promoted safe circulation of people throughout the village.
Harmony Hall’s Peter Bush and local artist Jessie Taylor organized much of the event, while Rockland County Tourism worked with the group on signage and word of mouth. The result was a unique event that accented Sloatsburg interesting assets, nestled as the village is next to Harriman State Park, with Route 17 and Seven Lakes Drive threading visitors through.
Guests taking in Sloatsburg’s Plein Air event this weekend also caught the groove of Waistcoat Ruckus at Harmony Hall – se up nice and safely outside on the lawn. pic.twitter.com/qJ5bR6c3sz
— Sloatsburg Village (@Sloatsburgny) August 24, 2020